3rd Auburn - then decommit. Local paper says he is back in talks with Franklin, BUT is interested in SEC. Exerpt: Previously, both he and his father, Nazareth coach Tom Falzone, have said that the calls have never stopped coming from coaches across the country, even after Falzone had announced his commitments. One of the frequent callers has been former Penn State coach James Franklin, who is now the new coach at Virginia Tech, which was Falzone’s original choice. Back in August, after he decommitted from Penn State and decided on Auburn, he talked about the non-stop attention and scrutiny “Throughout this entire recruitment process, I have learned I have to do the best thing for me,” he said. “People will have their opinions. Great, feel free to share them. Everybody likes to have input. But realistically, the only opinions I care about are my parents and my own. I know I am very blessed to be in the situation I’m in, and millions of high school kids out there would love to be in my shoes and to be going to an SEC, power-four school and go and play big-time football. Yes, it’s a huge responsibility. And it’s one I fully accept.” He is coming off an abbreviated senior season after suffering a fractured clavicle in his non-throwing shoulder in the first half of a Week 4 game against Freedom. Through the first three games of 2025 and the first half of the Freedom game, Falzone had thrown for 1,176 yards and passed for 12 TDs. He also had 216 rushing yards and six rushing TDs. As a junior in 2024, he was named the EPC’s offensive player of the year after he completed 146 of his 278 passes for 2,135 yards and 23 touchdowns with four interceptions. He also ran 78 times for 697 yards and eight additional scores As a sophomore in 2023, he led Nazareth to a District 11 6A championship by throwing for a league-best 2,528 yards and 19 touchdowns. He had just four passes intercepted in 280 attempts. He also ran for 440 yards, averaging 6.8 yards per carry, and scored 11 touchdowns. Ohio-based quarterback trainer Brad Maendler who has worked with him over the past year, said of Falzone on social media: “He’s the most physically gifted QB I’ve ever trained, and he made huge improvements in his throwing mechanics over this past off-season. The future is bright.”